This table summarizes daily trading in the pit-traded lumber futures contract at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on the day the Random Lengths weekly report is published. Participants in futures markets commit to either deliver or receive a specified commodity at a future date. In the case of lumber futures, the commodity specified is 110,000 board feet of #2&Btr 2x4 random length lumber. When comparing cash-market and futures prices, please note that the 1% discount for payment within the manufacturer’s terms has been deducted from the prices shown in the futures table.